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St George’s was originally a boys' boarding school but starting in the 1960s girls were allowed to join the 6th Form. St George’s became a day school in 1992, became co-educational in 1998, and in 2000 absorbed the nearby girls' school St Maur’s, run by the Congregation of the Holy Infant Jesus. The acquisition of the St Maur’s site ...
In 1677 a convent was established in Rue Saint Maur, Paris (ii) and the Sisters were subsequently known as the "Dames of St. Maur". In 1678, Barré founded a novitiate for the sisters on the Seine. [ 7 ]
She entered a convent, St Maur's, in Weybridge sometime after this, where she rose to be the Superior General (the head, usually addressed as mother-superior). Selected books As Margaret Plues. Rambles in Search of Ferns (1861) Rambles in Search of Mosses (1861) Rambles in Search of Wild Flowers (1863)
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago is a Roman Catholic Benedictine congregation of women. It was founded in 1861 by three sisters of the Benedictine congregation of Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania, who came to Chicago to teach the German-speaking children of St. Joseph's parish. They became an independent congregation in 1872.
Mary Frances Xavier Warde R.S.M. (1810-1884) was one of the original Sisters of Mercy, a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women founded in Ireland by Catherine McAuley, and the foundress of the order in the United States . She also served as appointed superior of the convent at Carlow in Ireland, and helped establish convents at Naas ...
The Congregation of St. Maur, often known as the Maurists, were a congregation of French Benedictines, established in 1621, and known for their high level of scholarship. [1] The congregation and its members were named after Saint Maurus (died 565), a disciple of Saint Benedict credited with introducing the Benedictine rule and life into Gaul ...
Saint Maurus. by Friar Filippo Lippi, O.Carm. (ca.1445). crutch; weighing scale; young man in the garb of a monk, holding an abbot's cross and a spade. Maurus (French: Maur; Italian: Mauro) (512–584) was the first disciple of Benedict of Nursia. He is mentioned in Gregory the Great 's biography of the latter as the first oblate, offered to ...
St Viator School. Founded in 1888 by the Clerics of Saint Viator who administered St. Viator College. The original parish was located on Belmont Avenue and Pulaski Road in Jefferson Township before the town was annexed by the city Chicago. [1] The Sisters of St. Joseph were invited to direct the parish's school in 1902. By 1904 the parish grew ...